... LET2TARS TO PHE EDITOR. _- the THE UNION BANK EXTENSION AND MO BAILIE COLLINS; ori, Glasgow, 24th December, 1874. the t Sir,-I beg to send my reply to Baillo Oullinc' lsit Iletter in to-day's Herald, and will thank you on the c 3 same footing to insert my answer in yours to-nor- ofif row. I only got the Bailic's letter yosterday morn- ter ing, so that his appeal to you must have been sent. b o ...

... , WEDNESDAY MORNING. DEC. 23, The Edinburgh Town Council lhas, by 23 yrotes againsi 8, declared in favour of the fsh for wiftsbeaters. of The Greniock police yesterday morning of let six shops situated in the principal m thoroughfares of the town be broken into, nI and the robbers move off with their plunder to The Registrar-General'a return for the week of ended Saturday last, noi omly places ...

... FOnhLI]iWN IN9'1'LLj(4g~iVrC FRANCE. ' a TI: , , ffl3 BCAPAR¶'1'I' 4~OM ao IThtELit. 5 Versailles, December 22, Evening. Thero.vvea -lung disceesion to-day-in the Fifth v -Bureau of the Asemrnbiy, ,which id ouitrusted vwitb t the investigation into the circumnstances of M. do b Bottrgsing's election. . It %Yas almost umlidnaouily a decided ta. ask the. Aseernbly ,to, authorise a ...

... .MAI ws. , it *. ,.A.t4Ei~Uai. .2t, d ;mntw,'Doomhr 16 Thoe oupd ?? ?? forfliostonl thin d ?? foe Halfax ao itIrore. i o'ter- n i ! ?? ieptoi~ December 16. d The ?? (lena a Iitotcr mbil .3vLuf ormaoeranu. from Xew York, wi5th f2t9,nitO.7 u asecle, Elr.exniAd ?? Lone thin t, mowi7nG. ,~ , ?? ?? ?? IE MD BRAZ4 v PLATH, dND WTa OOABT ?? Southompton, December 16. Y The Iaoyalil ...

... , jlEOFSSOR'TYNDALL AxDR is eIC8 I Pr~fehrieybdall-takosaidvaiitage 'o the isuie' of the: aejitleditidii of hi's address deull'veior at: jz Belf~at tobgive'a-prefae tD'it'. 'lie admita 'that tl he ba raiaed up agiirtiiinaelf a-host 'ie ens.!t xmis, .but deriveit'cqii'fort. from'tliei rofloion ! s .- of Diogeoes,,that;.'O B ;wo~d~be:yedA tnat.' d G have gooafrioads .;rviolent enoafies, and- ...

... .GIASGOW LE DAX I 28TITUTIoa 11 The fifteeiith 'neea~in'eetizg of tho Giasgq* , a in the Magdalene Inatitution'was held in the Iterigious M ?? Xnstitution ROOMSn ?? Hanane *1 s, ino the. thepresident of the. society,' occupied the 6i heul to] amog e ohr's presnt were Ur Alex. 'Wlitelaw, avl StetM. .;Sir mas. W atson, Rev. Dr Euchanasv- Mr th, nd F . G;Jh ?? oys rWhite, dver- Mi ordinary toadn ...

... SALMON EGGS FOR\ ym /EI.\ ;m, St ly y ir ir le le sd C- if le at is o ,e In 18 in eS re a. in le e. le at d )f it d it ir LS New Zealand is alaiiot thea There are so many natives of .,I in New Zealand, that a greait qclti I.si 1, to introduce Salmson into that f,~ di tjutT ?? the natural conditioS of whieh are %very si; i%* ' those of Scotland as regirds 5lf~lz, rivers, clear water, taid ...

... . t] HE 8iR `D FOG. The fog which hase r:aimuhded theeityfo to be pesrec- On ounday night ia aliht bshezeran ie up, and In a veryabhittime~the.airt eo cearl ,.thatpedestrins;oould wal~k,,ho it and ,breaxthe 1 , 'with -ase 'and ionifor', A i'i ht'advaiiec f he the ?? ?? thongh there d sire slight vestiges stillrernaingit isuot enoul'to ad e.to'cause the least annoyance~,. .Wi 'tis-depr b' go ...

... ECOLESIASTICA.4,'O GnunEoax.-North Pariah OC4hi,;. t A mioct AT iag: of the North Pnrieb Churoh scengregation last .T night the Rev. A, S. Shsw, p Urdsnt ssstaxt to re tlw Re'v. Di ?? wae by a'majorityleeted minister, T vacanoy Fi in the North Church ?? n a of tho Rer. W.. W. Uoohto eq . o tion eone of whichcisl.Sabbht ome ?? iw M. yte, of Free S; b~a~ ClOseo h servicesi a ~~ W more that £113 ...

... L~ETTER '6~flZ7BDVIr i yde W01KMY~N'STlOUSRBIjN THE . Ut 3ar C~) OUNTRY.; ,.IS too., ' G Isdos Deone' 74. V Sit,--Te kier 'o MtrankY HeF[nderson-. K'fl .~SPD 8x'w64tht~tisrailway companies on ddse sujbn. *jeot of cheap trainsto' wbrlcmoe'B homiep out 1p the costyI have r'6jt.%4thi JIte sayj,almost 19r wttedriectorestI. JIdanot wislhyonforonmoenet- to 54d8Mt[NVA111M IW4I~ in 'I'det'son's ...

... GRE1NOCK. TlE CAn'rSiBUN AFAmLB-Tha 4ellieitidln ei William Erewster, th'e man injured i thb Carts. burn Street row, was yesterday taken by Slohrif Smith. I PHiLosorsiTcAI. Soc&TTrv LDsrunrc,. -I- Last night, the Rev. -Isgb Macmillan, ?? C3le !I Igow, delivered a lcetuir in the Watt Mon1me1Dnt on. the Lake of Geneva, whose physical character and historidal associations he desoribed. SEVERE ...

... FORUSGN INTBELLIGINCE. ' ' Paris, Decemrber iL, A Ministerial decrce. published to-day refors to thes orgarlisation of the schools for sub-officers of infantry. - No sub-officer can in future attain -the grade -of officer without goidg through the ouise in' e t HOb WIEo.' ' Tun NATIONAL ASSEfBLY. eVersailles, December 10, Evoning5 To oday, the National Assemably passed the a seconet reading' ...